Misum´s Erik Wetter has been appointed Visiting Professor at the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) in Manila.

Intervju med Misums Emma Sjöström (forskningsledare för hållbar finans) om det stora intresset för hållbar finans och hennes egen forskningsprojekt om investerare som försöker påverka internationella energibolag att minska sin kolanvändning.

“It’s time to go after Vladimir Putin’s money in the West”

In the new book, The Rise and Development of FinTech - Accounts of Disruption from Sweden and Beyond (Routledge, 2018), researchers from the Stockholm School of Economics illuminate the rise and development of FinTech in Sweden, with the Internet as the primary underlying driver.

SITE and the N.G.O. network jointly organize this year’s edition of the annual N.G.O. workshop on June 19-20. The workshop will focus on the organizational and contractual aspects of the provision of public goods and services by organizations that are neither purely for-profit nor public-sector.

This year, 2018, Sweden and Japan are celebrating the 150th anniversary of diplomatic relations. The European Institute of Japanese Studies (EIJS), the Japanese Association in Stockholm (JFS) and Stockholm University (Department of Asian, Middle Eastern and Turkish Studies) would like to invite you to a special workshop with a Bunraku troupe from Chiryu City (Aichi, Japan). Bunraku, that is, traditional marionette theatre (also called Ningyō Jōruri) and this group, Chiryu-dashi-bunraku-hozonkai was recognized by UNESCO as World Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2016. Please join us and enjoy the dolls’ dance at close range!

By Mark Bernard (with Jack Fanning and Sevgi Yuksel), Article in the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization

Dagens Handel has published an article on the Applied Retail Track. Applied Retail Track, a course co-created by students, faculty and corporate partners. It is part of the 3-year bachelor’s degree program in retail management run by the Center for Retailing (CFR).

Piotr Bukanski and Tiago Enes wrote their masters thesis about "The Impact of M&A on Innovation: A European Perspective." Now they have been awarded third prize in a competiton for essays on innovation, commercialization and utilization organized by Entrepreneurship and Small Business Research Institute (ESBRI) and Sweden's innovation agency (Vinnova).

The collaboration between faculty and companies is an educational success factor for the Stockholm School of Economics’ bachelor program in Retail Management. The unique pedagogy is now featured in a scientific article published in the Journal of Marketing Education.